{"id":17054,"date":"2014-06-16T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=17054"},"modified":"2023-08-14T16:03:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T02:03:26","slug":"review-pizza-hut-blakes-smokehouse-bbq-pizza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/06\/16\/review-pizza-hut-blakes-smokehouse-bbq-pizza\/","title":{"rendered":"REVIEW: Pizza Hut Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ Pizza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Pizza<\/a><\/p>\n

Blake Shelton. A name that only vaguely registered in my mind before this review. Some sort of pop country superstar? I was out of my wheelhouse.<\/p>\n

Until I saw this<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now I know exactly who Blake Shelton is. Blake Shelton is an insane person.<\/p>\n

You see, Blake Shelton has apparently inspired or contributed to or somehow been involved in the line of Pizza Hut’s new BBQ pizzas, most specifically Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ.<\/p>\n

Thank god for Pizza Hut that he’s not actually part of their marketing process, or else this rather pedestrian moniker (and the other two, Honey BBQ Chicken and Hawaiian BBQ) could have gone rather differently. Here are some of Blake’s suggestions:<\/p>\n

Chicky Chicky Boom Boom
\nCutie Fruity
\nThe Shellshocked
\nThe Aloha-Broha
\nDorky Porky
\nCluckadoodle-DOOOOO
\nHawaiian Piiiiie-ian
\nP.S…It’s B.S.
\nThe Oklahoma Stuffer
\nSuper Pork Fucker 3000
\nBarba-who<\/i>? Barbecue
\nMeat Sphere
\nGrab a Fork! It’s Time for Pork!<\/p>\n

Only one of the above is fake. Can you guess which one? I’d be hard pressed to.<\/p>\n

Pizza Hut describes Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ as \u201cA toasted Cheddar crust topped with sweet Honey BBQ sauce, hardwood smoked bacon, smoked ham flavored with a hint of sugar, and juicy pork.\u201d<\/p>\n

In case you’re keeping track, that’s three porks. I’m perfectly okay with this amount of pork. Ignore the quiet screams emanating from my heart at the amount of sodium this potentially presents.<\/p>\n

I think the most important player here is the Honey BBQ sauce, and who am I to bury the lead, so let’s start with that.<\/p>\n

I have to say that I was quite impressed with this sauce. I was expecting a sweet mess; there was a fair amount of it on each slice, but it added subtle BBQ undertones that didn’t overwhelm the other toppings but instead added a nice smoky flavor. The sauce was also thick, so it stuck to the pizza without creating stickyhands.<\/p>\n

\"Pizza<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, Pizza Hut wasn’t skimpy with the toppings. Beyond the Honey BBQ sauce, the flavor profile went in this order: sausage, then ham, and then…well, it seemed like they just nodded at the bacon from across the room. I mean, I could see<\/i> bits of \u201chardwood smoked\u201d bacon, but they added none of the crunch or smoky flavor I want out of bacon on my pizza.<\/p>\n

Oh, did I say \u201csausage\u201d earlier? What I meant to say was \u201cjuicy pork\u201d. Which is, apparently, Pizza Hut code for crumbled sausage pizza topping. There was a lot of it, and it was, indeed, juicy and flavorful, but it wasn’t exactly anything new or special.<\/p>\n

The same seemed to go for the smoked ham that Pizza Hut claims to have a hint of sugar. Maybe it was the bit of sugar in the Honey BBQ sauce that masked it, but again, it just seemed like good ol’ ham pizza topping. Again, nothing wrong with that, but nothing special, either.<\/p>\n

I was surprised at what a difference the toasted cheddar on the crust made. I haven’t had Pizza Hut in ages, but apparently they changed their hand-tossed formula earlier this year<\/a> and I have to say, it was much better than I remember. I’ve found in the past that baked-in cheese crusts lack flavor, but the cheddar was really noticeable here.<\/p>\n

While I cannot legally stab Blake Shelton, I’m glad I took a stab at Pizza Hut’s Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ Pizza, even if it came with mixed results. That was a forced joke and I’m sorry. While the juicy pork (sausage bits) and ham seemed to be regular pizza toppings, they certainly were plentiful; however, I had to wonder where the bacon went and lamented its absence.<\/p>\n

On the plus side, the Honey BBQ sauce wasn’t nearly as cloyingly sweet as I thought it was going to be, and it added a little smokiness that complimented the pork toppings. The toasted cheddar crust was surprisingly flavorful, which beats a regular crust any day. When you add it all up, Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ won’t blow your mind, but it’s a decent pork pizza with a bbq twist. Dorky Porky.<\/p>\n

(Nutrition Facts \u2013 1 slice \u2013 370 calories, 150 calories from fat, 16 grams of fat, 7 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 45 milligrams of cholesterol, 790 milligrams of sodium, 40 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of fiber, 6 grams of sugar, and 15 grams of protein.) <\/small><\/p>\n

Item:<\/b> Pizza Hut Blake’s Smokehouse BBQ Pizza
\nPurchased Price:<\/b> $11.00
\nSize:<\/b> Large pizza
\nPurchased at:<\/b> Pizza Hut
\nRating:<\/b> 6 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Honey BBQ sauce wasn’t too sweet and adds some smoky flavor. I didn’t have to drink a gallon of water because of excess salt like I thought I would. Lots of sausage and ham toppings. No stickyhands. Cheddar crust was surprisingly flavorful. Fine, I kind of like \u201cDorky Porky\u201d.
\nCons:<\/b> Bacon crunch and smokiness were conspicuously absent. Blake Shelton’s pizza names. \u201cJuicy pork\u201d and ham tasted like regular pizza toppings. It’s illegal to stab pop country singers (or anyone else, I guess<\/i>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blake Shelton. A name that only vaguely registered in my mind before this review. Some sort of pop country superstar? I was out of my wheelhouse. Until I saw this. Now I know exactly who Blake Shelton is. Blake Shelton is an insane person. You see, Blake Shelton has apparently inspired or contributed to or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1477,1747,1669],"class_list":["post-17054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-fast-food","tag-pizza","tag-pizza-hut"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21320,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/03\/01\/review-little-caesars-smokehouse-pizza\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Little Caesars Smokehouse Pizza","author":"James","date":"March 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s surprisingly easy comparing the big four of American pizza chains to the big four of 1980s thrash metal bands. Pizza Hut is Metallica, so that makes Domino\u2019s Megadeth by default. And since Papa John's is Anthrax (because when both go wrong, they go horribly wrong), that must make Little\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/littlecaesmpiz1-600x450.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/littlecaesmpiz1-600x450.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/littlecaesmpiz1-600x450.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":21288,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2017\/02\/23\/fast-food-news-little-caesars-smokehouse-pizza\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":1},"title":"FAST FOOD NEWS: Little Caesars Smokehouse Pizza","author":"Marvo","date":"February 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Update: We reviewed it! Click here to read our review. Little Caesars' new Smokehouse Pizza is like a meat lovers pizza, but not with the typical meats you'd find one. There's no pepperoni, Italian sausage, ham, or beef. But it does have three types of meat -- beef brisket, pulled\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fast Food News"","block_context":{"text":"Fast Food News","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/fast-food-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Little Caesars Smokehouse Pizza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Little-Caesars-Smokehouse-Pizza.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Little-Caesars-Smokehouse-Pizza.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Little-Caesars-Smokehouse-Pizza.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14380,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/02\/05\/review-pizza-hut-big-pizza-sliders\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":2},"title":"REVIEW: Pizza Hut Big Pizza Sliders","author":"Marvo","date":"February 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"These Pizza Hut Pizza Sliders are so cute. Wook at how wittle they are. Who's a wittle pizza? You're a wittle pizza! How wittle are each Pizza Slider? The mini pizzas are 3.5 inches across and about a inch tall. To give you an idea of how big that is,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pizza Hut Pizza Sliders","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8221\/8447444430_ef53f4b49d.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4893,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/10\/06\/review-jamba-juice-mediterraneyum-california-flatbread\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":3},"title":"REVIEW: Jamba Juice MediterraneYUM California Flatbread","author":"Marvo","date":"October 6, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Oooh, looks like someone in Jamba Juice's marketing department is a wordsmith. Only a skilled user of words could come up with the name of Jamba Juice's MediterraneYUM California Flatbread. I wonder if he or she is an admirer of alliteration, like I am, or gets sexually aroused when reading\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37371,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2019\/06\/17\/pizza-hut-original-pan-pizza-2019-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":4},"title":"REVIEW: Pizza Hut Original Pan Pizza (2019)","author":"Louis","date":"June 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a surprise to me when I heard Pizza Hut was \u201crepairing\u201d its Pan Pizza recipe, changing the type of cheese and, more important, utilizing a new baking method meant to \u201cenhance\u201d the crust\u2019s flavor. I really didn\u2019t know people even had a problem with it. Recently, I went\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Pizza-Hut-Original-Pan-Pizza-2019-Slice.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Pizza-Hut-Original-Pan-Pizza-2019-Slice.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Pizza-Hut-Original-Pan-Pizza-2019-Slice.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Pizza-Hut-Original-Pan-Pizza-2019-Slice.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Pizza-Hut-Original-Pan-Pizza-2019-Slice.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15653,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/04\/review-pizza-hut-3-cheese-stuffed-crust-pizza\/","url_meta":{"origin":17054,"position":5},"title":"REVIEW: Pizza Hut 3-Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza","author":"Marvo","date":"November 4, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Pizza Hut knows we all have the internet, right? Because how can they consider their new 3-Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza to be the latest and greatest they can offer in the United States when many of us know about--via the internet--a pizza they introduced in the Middle East last year\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Reviews"","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pizza Hut 3 Cheese Stuffed Crust Pizza","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2841\/10606385184_4cd1a2f641.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}